“The Surprise of the Evening was understudy Jessica James Lewis as the disaffected Type A daughter, Natalie, normally played by Angie Chavez. James’s lucid, lovely, lyrical voice is the perfect antidote for the snarling, impatient, disconnected, talented 17-year-old who you’d like to alternately hug and strangle. This is a lesson for audience members who believe seeing an understudy is verboten. I say “Bravo!” to Ms. Lewis.”
-Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema
“Singing dynamo takes center stage at early age”
Rachel J. Trotter, Standard-Examiner
“Lewis shows her true ability to be the leader by the way she commands her scenes. Her ability to add in the quick after jabs so commonly provided by an insatiably curious and competitive teenager is excellent.
— Zach Archuleta, Utah Theatre Bloggers Association